Postwatch, the consumer watchdog for Royal Mail, has submitted a “super-complaint” against the mail delivery monopoly on behalf of a number of business customers. A spokesman for the organisation said yesterday that the complaint had been submitted to the Office of Fair Trading after a number of major customers of Royal Mail had complained that it was abusing its dominant market position.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has been accused of “abusing its dominant position in the market” for the delivery of letters by its consumer watchdog, which has filed a special complaint to competition authorities. Postwatch yesterday submitted a “super complaint” to the Office of Fair Trading on behalf of many of Royal Mail’s large customers, saying the mail operator had abused its position by preferring its own mail consolidation business.
Read MoreNightspeed Services based in Tipton, West Midlands, has won the quarter of a million pound a year contract to deliver OASE UK garden products to garden centres throughout the UK.
Read MoreJohn Dasburg, the former chief executive of Northwest Airlines Corp is taking to the skies again. DHL Airways, a closely held company that runs 40 aircraft from its Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky hub, on Tuesday named Dasburg chairman and chief executive, effective April 1. Dasburg, 60, will replace Joseph O’Gorman, who died in August. Roy Moulton has served as acting chairman at DHL, which provides all-cargo scheduled and charter services on a contract basis for DHL Worldwide Express.
Read MoreJapan’s post offices may be enlisted in efforts to rescue the stock market
The government is considering allowing post offices to sell investment trusts as a way of driving money into equities, thereby ramping up share pricesAt present, investment trusts are sold mainly by securities companies and banks. The nationwide post office network would give investment trust companies a powerful marketing platform to attract individual clients
Post office savings and life insurance funds represent the country’s greatest store of individual savings; an estimated 360 trillion yen
Read MoreEstablishing a Level Playing Field in Logistics
Mark van der Horst,
Chairman Competition & Market Reform Committee,
European Express Association
Providing Complete Logistics Solutions
Mrs Maite Salegui,
General Manager,
DHL Express Iberia
Alternative Business Models in Postal Logistics (supplier relationships)
Erwin Lenhardt,
Vice President,
Sales and Marketing,
Siemens Dematic AG
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